Conference
The Impact of Family Composition on Providing Help to Older Parents
Abstract
Using a subsample from the Canadian Aging and Research Network (CARNET) Work and Family Survey of 1,015 persons who provide at least 1 hour of help weekly to one or both parents, the impact of family composition on providing help to older parents is examined. Specifically, three research questions are addressed: (1) Do family composition characteristics affect the number of hours of help provided to a parent or parents? (2) does the likelihood …
Authors
Connidis IA; Rosenthal CJ; Mcmullin JA
Volume
18
Pagination
pp. 402-429
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
December 1996
DOI
10.1177/0164027596184002
Conference proceedings
Research on Aging
Issue
4
ISSN
0164-0275